The Red Bulls will host the New York Football Challenge July 22 and 25, and will have three world-class teams playing in Harrison.

English Premiership giants Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur will play, with renowned Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon tentatively slated as the fourth team in the tournament. Manchester City is managed by Roberto Mancini (pictured below), and present Red Bull coach Hans Backe was an assistant there.

Listen to audio of Backe, Mancini, Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp and World Series of Football Chairman Christian Eidem discussing the upcoming tourney earlier this morning…